侵 – encroach, invade, raid

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1025 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 侵 means encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おか.す (okasu). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	おか.す	okasu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: ヨ・化・又・冖.

Words using 侵

侵入しんにゅうinvasion侵すおかすto invade侵略しんりゃくinvasion (e.g. of a country)

Example sentences

「ピッキングの道具無しで、どうやって侵入した？」「トイレの窓があいた」

"With no picks how did you break in?" "The toilet window was open."

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自然はあらゆる領域で侵されている。

Nature is under attack on all fronts.

Tatoeba #150096

ヒトラーは１９３９年にポーランドを侵略した。

Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.

Tatoeba #197486

Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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